Coralliophila sertata
Species of gastropod
Coralliophila sertata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Coralliophila |
Species: | C. sertata |
Binomial name | |
Coralliophila sertata (Hedley, 1903) | |
Synonyms | |
Liniaxis sertata Hedley, 1903 (basionym) |
Coralliophila sertata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Coralliophilinae the coral snails, within the family Muricidae the rock snails.[1] It is native to the Australian part of the Tasman Sea, and predates on sessile prey.[2]
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585. page(s): 507
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